October 2025

Oct 31, 2025

When my son starts to yell at us about having limits on phone time I like to play Adagio for Strings...

When my son starts to yell at us about having limits on phone time I like to play Adagio for Strings on the Sonos.
Oct 29, 2025

My old friend Steve is the worst person at computers on earth. A little while ago he asked me to ple...

My old friend Steve is the worst person at computers on earth. A little while ago he asked me to please explain AI to him, and I did my best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6oR...
Paul Ford on AI

YouTube video by Alive with Steve Burns

Oct 27, 2025

I’m writing for the local paper again!

I’m writing for the local paper again!
[Quoted post]
Oct 26, 2025

Nerds: You can set up an owncast.online server on a random cloud service, then stream videos to it v...

Nerds: You can set up an owncast.online server on a random cloud service, then stream videos to it via ffmpeg, and invite your friends to chat and hang while they watch a movie. This is what I do with the fellas. Right now we're watching Playtime by Tati and winding down the night.
Owncast

Owncast is your self-hosted live streaming solution.

Oct 24, 2025

Late last night in Phoenix I asked the Lyft driver who picked me up at the airport about local night...

Late last night in Phoenix I asked the Lyft driver who picked me up at the airport about local nightlife. He said, “It’s all nightlife. No one can go out during in the day.” Then I woke up to this particular view which somehow captured the early Anthropocene of it all.
The sun rises over distant mountains—a beautiful desert scene. In the darker foreground a large looping water slide fills in half the frame on the right.

Alt Text: The sun rises over distant mountains—a beautiful desert scene. In the darker foreground a large looping water slide fills in half the frame on the right.

Oct 21, 2025

I can’t find the video but in Feb a man named Joe Stutler was at an Iowa Legislature session and spo...

I can’t find the video but in Feb a man named Joe Stutler was at an Iowa Legislature session and spoke to defend trans rights. He has a funny delivery—a little nasal—and kept saying, “You’re doing the Nazi stuff again!” I keep hearing his voice echo in my head.

www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/p...
02-24-2025
Joe Stutler []
Joe Stutler, Decorated Disabled Combat Veteran, born and raised in the City of American History, I am the epitome of Patriot.I served two tours of duty in Germany. I've toured concentration camps. I learned a few things. Consider Niemller's poem: First They Came... Youve said screw those hungry children. Youve continued to attack public education and educators. Youre gunning for the Trade Unionists, gutting Chapter 20 further. Youre trying to criminalize religions you dont like. Today youre trying to dehumanize my family and friends. You're doing the Nazi stuff again. Today, instead of doing your job and telling our school districts what they have to work with so they can plan their budgets, were here to discuss your perverted obsession with other people's genitalia. Its interesting that the only people in favor of this abomination of a bill are theofascists whose deity could have banned slavery, instead it banned pork, and yet theyre not protesting hog farms. Others have and will tell you how your reduction of women into having functional ovaries or they don't matter is disgusting.I'm here to remind you that Nazis are never the good guys. I'm here to remind you that while at the moment you're giddy with power as were your analogs in 1930s Germany, in the end you're going to end up just like they did. And given our technological advances and the good kids studying STEAM, I don't believe it's going to take 10 years to eradicate the Nazis this time. While I'm too old to to be a foot soldier in the upcoming war you're demanding, I'm happy to share the skills Uncle taught me with those who will be taking advantage of our lack of firearms regulations and the availability of resources at our big box stores and home improvement centers...after all, Uncle made me an instructor of such things. Keep doing your Nazi stuff. Foxtrot Alpha, Foxtrot Oscar.

Alt Text: 02-24-2025 Joe Stutler [] Joe Stutler, Decorated Disabled Combat Veteran, born and raised in the City of American History, I am the epitome of Patriot.I served two tours of duty in Germany. I've toured concentration camps. I learned a few things. Consider Niemller's poem: First They Came... Youve said screw those hungry children. Youve continued to attack public education and educators. Youre gunning for the Trade Unionists, gutting Chapter 20 further. Youre trying to criminalize religions you dont like. Today youre trying to dehumanize my family and friends. You're doing the Nazi stuff again. Today, instead of doing your job and telling our school districts what they have to work with so they can plan their budgets, were here to discuss your perverted obsession with other people's genitalia. Its interesting that the only people in favor of this abomination of a bill are theofascists whose deity could have banned slavery, instead it banned pork, and yet theyre not protesting hog farms. Others have and will tell you how your reduction of women into having functional ovaries or they don't matter is disgusting.I'm here to remind you that Nazis are never the good guys. I'm here to remind you that while at the moment you're giddy with power as were your analogs in 1930s Germany, in the end you're going to end up just like they did. And given our technological advances and the good kids studying STEAM, I don't believe it's going to take 10 years to eradicate the Nazis this time. While I'm too old to to be a foot soldier in the upcoming war you're demanding, I'm happy to share the skills Uncle taught me with those who will be taking advantage of our lack of firearms regulations and the availability of resources at our big box stores and home improvement centers...after all, Uncle made me an instructor of such things. Keep doing your Nazi stuff. Foxtrot Alpha, Foxtrot Oscar.

Oct 21, 2025

I just blurted out “I hate my senators” waiting for the train.

I just blurted out “I hate my senators” waiting for the train.
Oct 21, 2025

Do a teamwork, not a screamwork.

Do a teamwork, not a screamwork.
Oct 21, 2025

Sorry, but “history” proves mass nonviolent community protests NEVER work. The ONLY thing that can b...

Sorry, but “history” proves mass nonviolent community protests NEVER work. The ONLY thing that can bring people together is reading my miserable posts. Smiling people hugging in the sunshine accomplishes NOTHING. Reading my punishing content, indoors and alone, is the only path forward.
Oct 20, 2025

Wild that this came out six years ago.

Wild that this came out six years ago.
[Quoted post]
Oct 20, 2025

“He is using satire to make a point,“ said the Speaker of the House. “He is not calling for the murd...

“He is using satire to make a point,“ said the Speaker of the House. “He is not calling for the murder of his political opponents.”
Oct 15, 2025

I’m taking a class where we’re learning to make synths. This will be a MIDI controller that we will ...

I’m taking a class where we’re learning to make synths. This will be a MIDI controller that we will use to control VCV Rack. It keeps the goblins out my brains.
Some okay soldering work. Little metal peaks coming out of a green PCB.

Alt Text: Some okay soldering work. Little metal peaks coming out of a green PCB.

A round PCB with 16 switches four sliders and four knobs. Size of a clock.

Alt Text: A round PCB with 16 switches four sliders and four knobs. Size of a clock.

A postcard describing the Teensy 4.1 pins.

Alt Text: A postcard describing the Teensy 4.1 pins.

The back of the green clock shaped PCB with yellow wires but they’re a little loose and sloppy so it looks organic. Like a root system.

Alt Text: The back of the green clock shaped PCB with yellow wires but they’re a little loose and sloppy so it looks organic. Like a root system.

Oct 13, 2025

The US Navy paid Lyft to make the little cars into fighter jets on Columbus Day, all circling around...

The US Navy paid Lyft to make the little cars into fighter jets on Columbus Day, all circling around your exact location.
Screenshot of a map with lots of little fighter jets all over it, but also notices of available bikes. It says The Navy is Turning 250!

Alt Text: Screenshot of a map with lots of little fighter jets all over it, but also notices of available bikes. It says The Navy is Turning 250!

Oct 12, 2025

I’m reading up on these Girardian dudes and it seems that they got all Antichristpilled and forgot t...

I’m reading up on these Girardian dudes and it seems that they got all Antichristpilled and forgot that Jesus is the resus for the mimesis.
Oct 6, 2025

This hits different from when it came out in 2020. “Allyship. While federal law and local militias f...

This hits different from when it came out in 2020. “Allyship. While federal law and local militias forced us to shut down our Critical Program in Race, Gender, and Institutional Studies, we are still legally allowed to offer this half-semester seminar in allyship....“ www.wired.com/story/course...
It's Time to Pick Classes for the 2073-74 School Year!

Welcome back! Among the many courses offered this semester, students may elect to study essential climate-mitigation skills like underwater basket weaving.

Oct 2, 2025

A just described something I read in the local paper as a “three-dimensional circlejerk—so essential...

A just described something I read in the local paper as a “three-dimensional circlejerk—so essentially a spheregasm.“ I wanted to share that with my Internet friends.
Oct 1, 2025

This is really, really great. It explains the whole Peter Thiel/Antrichrist thing and its roots in C...

This is really, really great. It explains the whole Peter Thiel/Antrichrist thing and its roots in Carl Schmitt. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

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